Neil Leifer
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston, St. Dominick's Arena, Lewiston, Maine, May 25
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.625 GBP
Price realised: 10.625 GBP
Description
1965
Colour coupler print, printed later.
49.7 x 49.5 cm (19 5/8 x 19 1/2 in).
Signed and numbered in ink in the margin. One from an edition of 350.
Acquired directly from the artist
Colour coupler print, printed later.
49.7 x 49.5 cm (19 5/8 x 19 1/2 in).
Signed and numbered in ink in the margin. One from an edition of 350.
Acquired directly from the artist
Upper estimate price exceeded by 77 %.
This artwork by Neil Leifer achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in London in May 2011. In the Photographs auction, the work Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston, St. Dominick's Arena, Lewiston, Maine, May 25 sold for GBP 10,625.00 (€ 12,149.72) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Neil Leifer; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Muhammad Ali reacts after his first round knockout of Sonny Liston during the 1965 World Heavyweight Title fight at St. Dominic’s Arena, Lewiston, Maine sold at auction in October 2016 with the realized price of USD 17,500.00 (€ 15,964.24).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 77 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Neil Leifer erzielte im Mai 2011 bei Phillips in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston, St. Dominick's Arena, Lewiston, Maine, May 25 für GBP 10.625,00 (€ 12.149,72) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Neil Leifer; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Muhammad Ali reacts after his first round knockout of Sonny Liston during the 1965 World Heavyweight Title fight at St. Dominic’s Arena, Lewiston, Maine im Oktober 2016 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 17.500,00 (€ 15.964,24).
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